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Re: bug in hostname
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: bug in hostname |
Date: |
Thu, 09 Oct 2003 16:21:11 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
address@hidden (Bob Proulx) wrote:
> Why can't GNU/Hurd use the code from the net-tools package?
Maybe it could. But net-tools also provides commands such as ifconfig
and route, which are Linux-specific (in terms of their implementation
details). I don't know whether their hostname command is also
Linux-specific, but GNU might decide it's easier to toss the whole
package - especially since GNU hostname already exists, minimal though
it may be - than try to track own any non-portable spots. Or not; I
can only speculate.
> Accepting them but silently doing nothing would be wrong if the
> action expected was not implemented.
Agree.
paul
- bug in hostname, Martin MOKREJŠ, 2003/10/07
- Re: bug in hostname, Steven Augart, 2003/10/07
- Re: bug in hostname, Jim Meyering, 2003/10/07
- Re: bug in hostname, Steven Augart, 2003/10/07
- Re: bug in hostname, Jim Meyering, 2003/10/08
Re: bug in hostname, Bob Proulx, 2003/10/09
Re: bug in hostname, Steven Augart, 2003/10/10